2008-06-25T06:46:02Z Copyright (c) 2007-2008, The RAND Corporation Bricolage RAND Corporation urn:uuid:FAF2422A-33DF-11DC-A81C-64E9D44B69C5 urn:uuid:4228FA88-3D32-11DD-AF9F-E1BD38788F35 2008-06-24T00:00:00Z 2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

Dramatic progress in renewable energy technology is needed if the United States desires to produce 25 percent of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable sources by 2025 without significantly increasing consumer costs.

urn:uuid:BF4D1EA8-BD22-11DC-A98F-BABE38788F35 2008-01-31T00:00:00Z 2008-01-31T00:00:00Z

Climate change will affect water supplies in California, but few water-management agencies have formally included it in their plans. Robust decisionmaking methods can help identify vulnerabilities related to climate change and evaluate the most effective options for managing those risks.

urn:uuid:BE2915C2-BD22-11DC-A98F-BABE38788F35 2008-01-10T00:00:00Z 2008-01-10T00:00:00Z

Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of water-efficiency programs can be difficult, because not all the benefits are easily quantified. An economic framework based on two tools from the California Urban Water Conservation Council helps estimate the avoided costs and environmental benefits of increasing water-use efficiency.

urn:uuid:ACC9A292-9F54-11DC-B1A9-BBBE38788F35 2007-11-29T00:00:00Z 2007-11-29T00:00:00Z

Instead of the complicated "cap-and-trade" system to reduce carbon emissions proposed in current congressional legislation, a tax on carbon dioxide refunded directly to individuals would cut emissions while cushioning the impact on the pocketbooks of American families, write Keith Crane and James Bartis.

urn:uuid:D483289E-1FE8-11DC-925D-BDE5D44B69C5 2007-07-09T00:00:00Z 2007-07-09T00:00:00Z

Scenarios play a prominent role in policy debates over climate change, but questions continue about how best to use them. A new analytic method, based on robust decisionmaking, can be applied to water resource management in California and climate change policy questions.

urn:uuid:D9D30A58-095E-11DC-AE88-B1A96D6218A8 2007-05-24T00:01:00Z 2007-05-24T00:01:00Z

In testimony presented before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, James T. Bartis discusses the key problems and policy issues associated with developing a domestic coal-to-liquids industry.